Articles on Motorcycle Rider Education: Part IV – How Riders Learn
How Riders Learn
As discussed previously, learning is a result of perceptions that reach the brain through one or more of our senses (sight, hearing, touch, smell, taste). …
There are several different levels of learning and each with its own characteristics. This article will discuss four specifics types: rote, understanding, application, and correlation which may be considered as segments along a continuum or the depth of learning. …
The process of learning riding skills consists of multiple skill sets that will create an end result of happiness and pleasure in most students. …
Articles on Motorcycle Rider Education: Part IX – Human Behavior
When learning new skills, especially during the beginning of rider development, it is essential to form the correct habits so that future performance continues after completing a course. A coach is responsible for insisting on the proper procedures and techniques to develop excellent habit patterns from the moment training begins. …
Articles on Motorcycle Rider Education: Part X – Human Needs.
First and foremost, students should always be recognized as individuals and human beings. …
Articles on Motorcycle Rider Education: Part XI –
Behaviors that are subconscious defenses against unpleasantness are reactions called defense mechanisms. …
Motorcycle rider education is whole heartedly best when there is student-to-student interaction, but there is also the coach-to-student interaction or as its known in adult education circles the teacher-student transaction. …
Communicating as a RiderCoach is an essential but sometimes difficult skill. The reason communication can be difficult are the variations and complexities associated with the teacher-learner transaction, based on too many factors to realistically discuss. …
Every occupation has what can be considered tools of the trade and a RiderCoach is no exception. The skill of a RiderCoach, to a large degree, is based upon the ability to not only organize the material and lessons but to use the right tools and methods for particular lessons, group or individual students. …
Imagine, if you will, an organizational or hierarchal chart with the person at the top being a student. Below the student(s) would be a subordinate area where the RiderCoach(s) will work supporting the student, assisting in their development as a rider. Essentially the business or organization follows the needs of that student providing information to make the student a success. …
